It Happened on a Train, Mac Barnett
It Happened on a Train, Mac Barnett
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It Happened on a Train
Brixton Brothers, Book 3

Author: Mac Barnett

Narrator: Arte Johnson

Unabridged: 4 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/11/2011


Synopsis

Retired private detective and current seventh grader Steve Brixton has a new career: taking out the garbage on Wednesdays for five bucks a week. But it’s hard to leave the old game behind, and on a train trip down the California coast, Steve finds himself pulled back into sleuthing. Soon he’s in over his head in four feet and eleven inches of mystery involving a fleet of priceless automobiles, a deadly assassin (or maybe just a faulty lock on a sauna door), and a secret train car filled with intrigue. Plus there’s a girl involved, which complicates everything. I mean she’s just Steve’s friend. And really, they barely even know each other. It’s not like they’re boyfriend or girlfriend or anything, okay?

About The Author

Mac Barnett is a New York Times bestselling author of over 22 children’s books, including Leo: A Ghost Story, The Skunk, and The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity, as well as the Brixton Brothers mystery series. He lives in Berkeley.Arte Johnson is best known for his Emmy Award–winning work on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In. His other television credits include The Dukes of Hazzard, Fantasy Island, and Love, American Style.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kate

This is the third book in the Brixton Brothers series, a.k.a. the acest “kid’s” detective series you’ll ever read. I was excited to revisit the humor and cleverness of this series! The case Steve tried to avoid while he was taking out the trash really blew me away (even though it’s only partly solve......more

It Happened On a Train by Mac Barnett was a good book. It was about a kid detective name Steve Brixton. He is traveling on a train with his mom's boyfriend Rick and his best friend Dana. Steve is not a big fan of Rick because Rick does not think that Steve is capable of solving mysteries. This is n......more

Goodreads review by Cameron

December 14, 2012 I recently finished the book It Happened on a Train by Mac Barnett. When the Vandaark's prize collection of cars goes missing they hire a private dective to protect a car that they are transporting on a train. Steve Brixton just happens to be on this same train when he notices stra......more

Goodreads review by Marfita

This is number three in the Brixton Brothers series - I've missed number two and the hints in this one are tantalizing. There is always the chance that after a brilliant beginning, a series may start to fade, but Barnett has done it again! If only he wrote some similar stuff for adults! Aw, who care......more